**Russia fires missiles across Ukraine, targeting Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia**
**Moscow, Ukraine** – Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles across Ukraine on Thursday, striking the capital Kyiv and the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, in what Ukrainian officials described as one of the most intense attacks since the start of the war.
Explosions were reported in several districts of Kyiv, including the central Shevchenkivskyi district, where a residential building was hit. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that at least one person had been killed and several others injured.
In Zaporizhzhia, the missiles struck a residential area, killing at least three people and injuring several others. The strikes also damaged several buildings, including a school and a hospital.
The attacks came as Russian President Vladimir Putin was meeting with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, in Minsk. Belarus has been a key ally of Russia in the war, providing logistical support and allowing Russian troops to use its territory to launch attacks on Ukraine.
The missile strikes were widely condemned by Western leaders, who called them a war crime. US President Joe Biden said that the attacks were .
